LASO thanks our many donors who have contributed to our work over the past year.
2017 Donations

CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE ($10,000 & above)
Conner & Winters
Crowe & Dunlevy
Gable Gotwals
Hall Estill
McAfee & Taft
Phillips Murrah
Riggs Abney Neal Turpen Orbison & Lewis

AMBASSADORS OF JUSTICE ($5,000 – $9,999)
Barrow & Grimm
Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson
Dolese Brothers Company
Frederic Dorwart, Lawyers
Hartzog Conger Cason & Neville
George & Aldean Krumme
Laura McConnell-Corbyn
Nancy & George Records

GUARDIANS OF JUSTICE ($1,000 – $4,999)
Abel Law Firm
Anonymous (1)
Barber & Bartz
Edward Baron
Leslie Batchelor
David O. Beal
Michael A. Bickford
Bill & Kim Schlittler Fund
Calvert Law Firm
Corbyn Hampton Barghols Pierce
Robert A. Curry
Frederic Dorwart
Sidney G. Dunagan
Michael Esmond
Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippen
Christa Figgins
Michael Figgins
Gungoll Jackson Box & Devoll
Hammons, Gowens, Hurst & Associates
V. Burns Hargis
Tony W. Haynie
James A. Higgins
Hiltgen & Brewer
Holden & Carr
John Hudson
Kean Miller
Kirk & Chaney
Lee, Goodwin, Lee, Lewis & Dobson
Hon. Tim Leonard
Connie Mace
Mahaffey & Gore
Mansell, Engel & Cole
Mark & Karen Fairchild
Mrs. Doli J. Mathews
Andrew J. Morris
Newton O’Connor Turner & Ketchum
John W. & Cecelia A. Norman Family Fdtn.
Jennings & Teague
Pray Walker
Rife, Walters, Stanley & Natarjan
Rogers & Bell
Rosenstein Fist & Ringold
Kurt M. & Marcia A. Rupert
Ryan, Whaley, Coldiron, Jantzen, Peters, &  Webber
R. Thomas & Stephanie K. Seymour
Andrew Tevington
Hon. Thomas S. Walker (Ret.)
Wandres Law Firm
Laurie A. Williams
Wilshire Charitable Trust

LEADERS OF JUSTICE ($500 – $999)
Teresa B. Adwan
Hon. Dan & Denise Allen (Ret.)
Anonymous (1)
John R. Barker
Bass Law Firm
D. Marianne Blair
Fred L. Boettcher
Jack L. Brown
Karen Leslie Callahan
Christensen Law Group
W. Chris Coleman
S. Douglas Dodd
Adam Doverspike
Allen D. Evans
Dallas E. Ferguson
John A. Gaberino, Jr.
Debra Elaine Gee
Jimmy K. Goodman
James R. Gotwals & Associates, Inc
Mark S. Grossman
Lawrence & Gay Hellman
Holeman Mediation
Steven Horton
Jay & Kendal Minmier
Jones, Gotcher & Bogan
Fred & Kathy Kempf
Nancy I. Kenderdine
J. Robert W. Lakey
Karen E. Langdon
Linda & Timothy M. Larason
D. Michael McBride III
LeAnne McGill
McIntyre Law
Randall D. Mock
Brooke Smith Murphy
Pat Mahoney & Paul Middleton Fund
Charles S. Plumb III
Phil & Nancy Sears
Dwight L. Smith
The Tawwater Law Firm
F. William Thetford
Judith J. Thompson
Erin M. Van Laanen
Grayson P. VanHorn
Wilkinson Law Firm
M. Sue Wycoff
Ray Yasser
Marilyn A. Young

DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE ($250 – $499)
Ore Adesina
Amazon Smiles
Anonymous (7)
M. Thomas Arnold
Jari Askins
Gary D. Baer
Steven L. Barghols
Lowell A. Barto
Ana Basora-Walker
George W. Bauer
Stephen D. Beam
Gary L. Betow
Susan & Trey Bize
Stephen Boaz
Timothy J. Bomhoff
Mark Bonner
William Mark Bonney
Jon Ed Brown
Mary R. Bundren
Mary Gilmore Caffrey
Gary S Chilton
Patricia Gerrity Clingman
John J. Coates, Jr.
John J. Coates, III
George S. Corbyn, Jr.
Daniel G. Couch
John W. Coyle, III
Cunningham & Mears
Mark & Lou Ann Curnutte
Samuel Phillips Daniel, Jr.
Bruce W. Day
Melissa DeLacerda
Gary W. Derrick
Dimick Green Brown & Stark
David Donchin
Clifford C. Dougherty III
Drummond Law Firm
W.A. Drew & Linda Edmondson
Tricia Everest
Nicholas Gregory Farha
Mark K. Fitch
Jack P. Fite
Allison & Brent Gardner
Hon. J. Michael Gassett
Michael J Gibbens
Michael T. Gibson
Patricia Goodin
James E. Green, Jr.
Stephanie Grigg
Terry L. Hawkins
Rod & Suzanne Heggy
John N. Hermes
Frank D. Hill
William H. Hoch
Hon. Jerome A. Holmes
Gary B. Homsey
Lynn Howell
Hon. Ronald L. Howland (Ret.)
J. Clifford Hudson
Susan Huntsman
John W. Ingraham
Bryce Johnson & Associates
Johnson, Hanan & Vosler
David & Jennifer Keglovits
Hon. William C. Kellough
Kennedy Law Firm
John A. Kenney
Carolyn & John Kinslow
Timothy Deal Kline
Andrea R. Kunkel
Jay Kyte
Michael S. Laird
Melissa & Joe Lange
Myrna Schack Latham
Patrick Layden
C.S. Lewis III
Vicki J. Limas
Janice D. Loyd
Graydon Dean Luthey, Jr.
Robert C. Margo
Jeff Martin & Associates
Kent A. Mauk
McCarty & Rigdon
Kathryn Rodgers McClure
Don W. McCombs, Jr.
Randy Mecklenburg
Mills & Jones
Lynnwood R. Moore, Jr.
Hon. Joseph W. Morris
Judy Hamilton Morse
Charles D. Neal, Jr.
Suzanne Williams Nichols
James C. Orbison
D. Scott Pappas
N. Robert Parker
Matthew B. Patterson
William G. Paul
David K. Petty
Peter G. Pierce, III
D. Frank Plater, Jr.
Jim & Lisa Proszek
J. David Rambo
Stephen W. Ray
Richard A. Riggs
A. F. Ringold
Susan Elizabeth Ross
Timila S. Rother
John David Rothman
Barbara Dew Rupert
Andrew Sachs
Kevin T. Sain
Andrea B. Schlanger
Marcia A. Scott
Robert N. Sheets
Waverly Smith
Ricki Sonders
William D Stanley
Anne Bullock Sublett
David Swank
Sidney K. Swinson
James D. Tack, Jr.
Carolyn S. Thompson
Tomlinson, Rust, McKinstry & Grable
Ken Ray Underwood
Bret A. Unterschuetz
L. Mark Walker
Kathy E. Wallis
Dru Waren
Adrienne Watt
William & Ty Vaughn
Martin R. Wing
Harry A. Woods, Jr.
Sue A. Woodward
Wright, Stout & Wilburn

ADVOCATES OF JUSTICE ($249 – $100)
J. Angela Ables
S. Thomas Adler
James P. Akey
Andrew & Linda Allen
Hon. Wayne Alley
Gary Allison & Barbara Bannon
Hon. Don Andrews
Anonymous (13)
Anita K. Anthony
Brian & Molly Aspan
David L Barry
Baumert, Cummings, Hiatt
Alberta Bean
Greg Beben
Lewis Berkowitz
Mark D. Berman
Dennis Bires
Brian Bishop
Jap W. Blankenship
Katrina S. Bodenhamer
Joe M. Bohannon
Jolie Airington Boke
Jay R. Bond
Dennis Rae Box
Law Offices of Robert C. Bright
Gary Brownsworth
Silvia Bruce
Hon. Kenneth Buettner
Paul H. Burgess
Kathryn Suzanne Burnett
Tony R. Burns
William B. Buxton
Sarah H Calabrese
Ruth Natalie Calvillo
Hon. Daman Cantrell
Christine Marie Cave
Charles W. Chesnut
Tamera Ann Childers
Hon. Paul J. Cleary
R. Pope Van Cleef, Jr.
Hon. Nancy Coats-Ashley (Ret.)
Heather J. Cooper
David R. Cordell
Fred & Lee Cornish
William R. Corum
Bud Cowsert
Katherine G. Coyle
James Nicholas Crews
David L. Crutchfield
Paula J. Dalley
Richard H. Davis, Jr.
Don & Beverly Davis
Patricia Demps
Leona O. Denning
Derryberry & Naifeh
Jacob Diesselhorst
Peter G. & Judith H. Dillon
Ned Dismukes
Blaine Michael Dyer
Norma H. Eagleton
Joshua L. Edwards
Avery A. Eeds, Jr.
Randall Elliott
Col. Stanley & Saundra Evans
Larry E. Evans
Mark & Karen Fairchild
Hon. Kenneth Ray Farley
Kristina Farris
Senator P. Kay Floyd
Fred Andrew Fugitt
D. Sharon Gentry
Barbara Snow Gilbert & Harry Gilbert
Sally B. Gilbert
Robert Marc Goldman
Hon. Jerry L. Goodman
Kevin E. Gordon & Janice Mathews-Gordon
Erin L. Gregory
Stephanie S. Grigg
Janet Gulbis
Hon. Noma D. Gurich
Scott Hamilton
Rebbeca K. Hamrin
Terry R. Hanna
Michelle C. Harrington
Linda M. Harris
Kevin E. Hill
Theresa Noble Hill
E. Diane Hinkle
Kimberly D. Hinkle
Hirsch, Heath & White
Jeff L. Hirzel
D. Michael Hisey
Hon. Dennis W. Hladik
Randall T. Holmes
Phillip F. Horning
Mark B. Houts
Judy Hudgens
Audrey S. Huffman
Garvin A. Isaacs, Jr.
Jed W. Isbell
Hon. Joe L. Jackson (Ret.)
Thomas Janer
Andrew & Jodi Jayne
A. Clark Jett
Lauren Johnson
Glenn M. Jones
Hon. Terry C. Kern
Sara Kyte
Lawrence L. Langley
Holly K. Lantagne
Lenora & Upton
Linda Stoia Lepak
Curtis Little Sun
Maren Lively
Leonard M. Logan, IV
Randy J. Long
Cori Loomis
Susan B. Loving
Cindy Luster
Doli Mathews
William C. McAlister
Douglas McBee
Jay F. McCown
Jim McGoodwin
Jan Meadows
John W. Mee, III
Donald Mileur
John E. Miley
Terry Mason Moore
James R. Neal
Sandy Neal
Michael L. Nemec
Hon. Gerald F. Neuwirth
Charles W. Parish
Nancy S. Parrott
Alan Albert Pason
Rebecca J. Patten
Tamara R. Piety
Paul E. Pitts
Bryan A. Plank
Rick Poland
David L. Prescott
Stu & Marlene Preston
Nancy L. Prigmore
Hon. Keith Rapp
Hon. Carol M. Hansen (Ret.)
Jason Leon Riddle
Karen S. Rieger
Marcialyn Robinowitz
Reid E. Robison
Ann Maureen Robl
D. Joe Rockett
Don Rodolph
Joe & Shirley Rolston III
Carolyn Romberg
Melanie Wilson Rughani
Hon. David L. Russell
Bill & Kim Schlittler Fund
Robert Schnitz
Beverly K. Scribner
Margaret & Greg Shinn
M. C. Smothermon
James & Gentra A. Sorem
Kenneth Morgan Stoner
L.E. Stringer
Erin Stryka
James T. Stuart
Stephen R. Taylor
Milissa R. Tipton-Dunkins
Aimee Vardeman
William & Ty Vaughn
Raymond A. Vincent
Chief Magistrate William C. Wantland
Jillian Welch
Jane F. Wheeler
Peter S. White
David B. Whitehill
Christopher Andon Whitehorn
Richard J. Wilson
Hon. Jane Wiseman & Jim Hodges
Sue Woodward
C. Russell Woody
Kelly Dee Young
Steve & Eileen Young

ADVOCATES (UNDER $100)
Lindy Adams
Sharon Allen
Joyce Anderson
Anonymous (12)
Valerie L. Baker
Mary Ann Barnett
Theresa Battles
Nancy Baughman
Stan Bearden Law Office
Carol Susan Beatty
M. Black
June Blair
Beau Blakey
Jose Blanco
Emile Bocher, Jr.
Stacy Boyles
Mary Courtney Briggs
Amber M Brock
B.J. Brockett
Melissa Brooks
Brune Law Firm
Robert Butkin
Tammy L. Caine
Blanca Camacho
Lindsey P. Campbell
Dian Carlton
Hannah F. Carr
Lisa Castillo
Sara Cherry
Annette L. Combs
Aubrie Comp Glanville
Vickie L. Cook
Kira Cordell
Desmynn Corry
Carol Cowan
Velma Danner
Stacie Dasovich
Vicki Davis
Barbi Davis
Debb Davis
Jessie Davis
Pamela Dean
Daniel M. Delluomo
Sandra Denton
Beverly S Dickerson
Jessica Dickerson
Anthony DeGiusti
Celetes Dollarhide
Glenna S. Dorris
F. Ford Drummond II
Oleda Duckett
Connie Dudley
Antonio Duenas
Elaine Dunlap
Katherine Dunning
David W. Edge
Elizabeth Edwards
Mark Edwards
Melissa Elaroua
Isaac Robertson Ellis
Donna M. Ellsworth
Dianna Emerson
Lori England
Monica Ferguson
Adair Fincher
James R. Fletcher
Brooke Folsom
Bruce Frazier
Michelle Freeman
Laura Emily Frossard
Cheryl K. Fry
Jan Preece Gaddis
Robin Gann
Latoya Gater
Beth A. Gatlin
Yolanda Gay
Rachel Gessouroun
Grant Glynn
Cindy Goble
James Goff
Lauren A. Gomez
Richard J. Goralewicz
Julie Goree
Illene Griffin
Nathalie Guerrero
William Guyton
Tina Ann Hall
Eric Hallett
Patsy Hammons
Krystle Hampton
Patsy Hammons
Nichole A. Harden
Nicholas Lee Harness
Preston Hatfield
Patricia Hawkins
Zahra Hemani
Vineeth Hemavathi
Curtis B. Hendricks, Jr.
Renee Hildebaugh
Mary Ann Hooten
Geraldine Hoskins
Michael G. Housley
Donald Huff
Gail Huston
Jay G. Israel
Peta James
Charleen Jantz
Jodi Fowler Jayne
Brittany P. Jewett
Alice Johnson
Tyler C. Johnson
Deborah Jones
Kenna Kirkpatrick
Laci Klinger
Claudia Kovar
John M. Krattiger
Kathleena Kruck
William R. Higgins
Tara Lemmon
Brad D. Leverett
W. Kevin Lewis
Lauren Anne Lindsey
Reta Lintner
Lucille Logan
Ben Loring
Guy & Juana Lozier
Maricela Luna
Raul Luna
Gayla Machell
Terry Martin
Michael R. Matthews
Erick L. Mattingly
Judith Maute
Star Mayo-Ernst
Karen McBrayer
Kade A. McClure
Becky Sue McCracken
Telana Victoria McCullough
Angelia McDonald-Chambless
James McFadden
Gwen Meier
Carolyn Merritt
Floyd Miller, Jr.
Ron Mitchell
Christiaan Mitchell
Richard Mitchell
Ladda Monk
Jennifer S Montagna
Duane Moore
Kimberly Moore
Charles R. Myers
Fauneal E. Nash
Roger Nayar
Beth Nellis
Bobbie R. Nichols
Joshua Nichols
Brenda K. Nipp
Raechelle Norwood
Richard B. Noulles
Daniel J. Olsen
Virginia Parks
Norma Parsons
Nathanial Payne
Carolyn Yann Pearson
Igor Petrovich
Iris Ann Philbeck
Sheila M. Powers
Kenneth Bryce Privett
Pam Pulchny
Patrick Quiring
Michael Radmilovich
Dennis Rector
Jasmine D. Redd
Marcella Resendiz
Tamera Reuber
Neryvete Reyes
Abbey Violet Richards
Brittney Ritchey
Mark A. Robertson
Charizza Rodgers-Johnson
Janet Diane Roloff
Joseph Roper
Allison Roso
Dan Sanders
Peggy Satterfield
John Sawney
Harry L. Seay III
Sherry R. Sides
Kristin Siegel
Rebecca Simmons
Debbie Skimer
Saliva Sodelo
Cynthia L. Sparling
David Springer
Rachel Stewart
Amanda Teague
Gerald S. Thompson
Tonya Thompson
Gerald Scott Thompson
Pleas A. Thompson
Hon. Norman D. Thygesen
Kathleen Tipler
Sandra Toyekoyah
Kerri Ann Tracy
Hon. Michael Tupper
Dillon Turman
Jane Um
Crystal Valdez
William Place Velie
Kate Vetterick
Philip H. Viles, Jr.
Pamela Vinson
Richard J. Vreeland & Dustin K. Green
Minnie Walker
Donald Wall
Ida Warren
Dean Warren
Teressa LaVerne Webster
Caroline Wiegman
Elizabeth P. Wiersig
Patricia Wilcox
Michael E. Wilson
Allie Winn
Susan Plath Winston
Paul K. Woodward
Russell Wrigg
Ed Wunch
Rochette Wurth
Cheryl & David Yager
Frankie M. Yeakley
Marilyn Young
Lark Zink
Tara M. Zinn
Joshua Zmroczek

IN MEMORIAM

In memory of
The Honorable William H. Buxton
Nola S. Beall
Ted and Nancy Bowling
Carol Sue & Barry B. Broughan
Ellis & Buckholts
Sarah H. Calabrese
Karen Leslie Callahan
Mandy & Chris Click
Mr. & Mr. Ronald E. Corley
Ron Craig
Virginia Demerson
Lori England
Jan Preece Gaddis
Patsy Garner
Carol Goldsmith
Donna & Gaylan Hunt
Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Jenkins
Jan & Cotton Liles
Nancy Pace Litsch
Mr. & Mrs. T.H. McCasland, Jr.
David William Moore
Sherry Murphree
Michael & Betty Pamplin
Susan & Michael Scott
Kathy Sherrill
Kathy Snyder
James & Christine Vonwyl
Gary & Linda Watts
Robert & Julie Weedn
James and Patty Wooten

Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma receives funding through the Legal Services Corporation and we are required to notify all our sources of gifts, including private donors, that we will not engage in advocacy activities prohibited by the LSC Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et. Seq. or by Public Law 104-134) or LSC Appropriations Riders.

How Can You Help Build a Future for Justice in Oklahoma?

LASO launched an Endowment Campaign in 2013. The LASO Endowment is necessary due to the continued decrease in federal funding, as well as the increase of low-income families in our state. This “perfect storm” has created an urgent need to secure the future of legal services for low-income people in Oklahoma.

Through gifts of cash, wills, bequests, life insurance, and many other ways, you can help leave a legacy of hope for those who may feel hopeless. Through your involvement with this campaign you can continue to help families, beyond your lifetime. Your gift will help to create a strong financial future for civil legal services in Oklahoma, in perpetuity. With more funds, we can serve more families and the underserved.

Please contact Christa Figgins, Christa.Figgins@laok.org or (405) 488-6818, in LASO’s Estate Planning Office to discuss how you may participate in building justice in Oklahoma. All information and conversations that take place with LASO’s estate planning office is CONFIDENTIAL. Our office provides this service, free of charge, whether or not you make a gift to Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma.

There are many ways in which you can leave a legacy of hope for the future.

GIFTS OF CASH
Cash is one of the simplest and most popular ways to make a charitable gift. A gift of cash may be deductible up to 50% of your adjusted gross income. The excess may be carried over as deductions for the next five years.

GIFTS THROUGH WILLS & TRUSTS
Naming a charity as a beneficiary in your will or trust can be an effective way to make a gift. Many people would like to do more to advance charitable organizations, but have other responsibilities to consider. A gift in your Will or Trust allows you to give when you no longer need the funds and also lowers your estate taxes.

GIFTS OF APPRECIATED PROPERTY
A gift of appreciated property, such as stock or real estate, can be one of the most advantageous ways of giving. If you have held the property for more than one year, you can avoid capital gains tax and receive a tax deduction for the market value of the property on the date of the gift.

GIFTS OF LIFE INSURANCE
As you review your financial situation, remember that a life insurance policy is a unique way to give. To qualify for a tax deduction, the charity must be named owner and beneficiary. If your policy is paid up, your deduction will equal the policy’s replacement value. If your policy requires on-going premiums, you will receive a deduction for the premiums you pay.

There are a number of methods for including life insurance in a charitable gift plan.

• Make a gift, an absolute assignment, of a portion or all of an existing life insurance policy, donate a new life insurance policy, or make a cash gift to LASO and have the LASO purchase life insurance on you and pay the annual premiums. Each of these strategies allows you to receive a current income tax deduction, too.
• Name LASO as the primary or contingent beneficiary of an existing or new life insurance policy. Although this will not yield a current income tax deduction, it will result in a federal estate tax deduction for the full amount of the proceeds payable to the LASO, regardless of policy size. This can be particularly applicable in situations where there is only one logical beneficiary, or where insurance is used to fund a supplemental retirement benefit and the death benefit is of little importance to the insured.
• Use the dividends, earnings, from existing policy to gift them to LASO. This eliminates out-of-pocket contributions, yet still creates a charitable income deduction as dividends are paid. You can amplify the gift by having these dividends purchase a new policy of which the LASO is the owner and beneficiary. If you wish to leverage your cash donations to LASO the use of life insurance as an excellent meansof accomplishing this goal. By either gifting a policy outright, naming a LASO as beneficiary, or gifting dividends you can provide LASO with a larger sum of money that can provide a lasting legacy.

GIFTS OF RETIREMENT PLANS
Retirement plans are different than other assets. At death, retirement plans are exposed to not only estate tax, but also income tax. Unfortunately, the beneficiary of your retirement plan must pay the income tax. If you plan on making a charitable gift, consider making it from your retirement plan to eliminate the income tax.

GIFTS THAT PROVIDE LIFETIME INCOME
Possibly you would like to give more during your lifetime, but cannot due to present financial needs. You may be able to achieve your goals and still meet your needs. Through the use of a charitable remainder trust, you can receive income for the rest of your life, receive an income tax deduction, and eliminate capital gains tax. A charitable gift annuity can also provide you with guaranteed income and a valuable tax deduction.